CE-Marking and Declaration of Conformity
Safety components have to be accompanied with a Declaration of Conformity (according to 98/37/EC, Annex IIC), but according to the requirements in the Machinery Directive, should not be CE-marked. Many safety components fall under requirements in other Directives — such as the Low Voltage Directive and the EMC Directive — that require CE-marking. This means that a CE-mark will be found on most safety components. A new Machinery Directive, 2006/42/EC, came into force on December 29, 2009. This Directive is available at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/mechan_equipment/machinery/revdir.htm. Among the new features in the Directive are full quality assurance as a certification procedure, and requirements concerning partly completed machinery. Note: The point in time when the Machinery Directive was implemented in each Member Country varies. Machines have to be accompanied by a Declaration of Conformity (according to 98/37/EC, Annex IIA) that states which directive and standards the machine fulfills. It also shows if the product has gone through EC Type Examination. Requirements for the Use of MachineryFor a machine to be safe it is not enough that the manufacturer has been fulfilling all valid/necessary requirements. The user of the machine also has requirements to fulfill. For the use of machinery there is a Directive, 89/655/EEC From the Machinery Directive 89/655/EEC (with Amendment 96/63/EC and 2001/45/EC) — 1. Without prejudice to Article 3, the employer must obtain and/or use: (a) work equipment which, if provided to workers in the undertaking and/or establishment for the first time after December 31, 1992, complies with: This means that when repair/changes are made on the machine it should still fulfill the requirements of the Machinery Directive. This doesn’t have to mean that a new CE-marking is required. (Can be required if the changes are extensive.) “Old” MachinesFor machines delivered or manufactured in the EEA before January 1, 1995 the following is valid — (b) work equipment which, if already provided to workers in the undertaking and/or establishment by December 31, 1992, complies with the minimum requirements laid down in Annex I no later than four years after that date. (c) without prejudice to point (a) (i), and not withstanding point (a) (ii) and point (b), specific work equipment subject to the requirements of point 3 of Annex I, which, if already provided to workers in the undertaking and/or establishment by December 5, 1998, complies with the minimum requirements laid down in Annex I, no later than four years after that date. Annex I contains minimum requirements for health and safety. There can also be additional national specific requirements for certain machines. The point in time when the Machinery directive was implemented in each Member Country varies. Therefore, it is necessary to check with the national authorities in one’s own country to find out what is considered as “old” and respectively “new” machines.
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CE-Marking and Declaration
CE-Marking and Declaration
Machines manufactured or put on the market from January 1, 1995 should be CE-marked and fulfill the requirements according to the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC. This is also valid for old machines (manufactured before January 1, 1995) if they are manufactured in a country outside the EEA and imported to be used in a country in the EEA.